In a new intervie with the "Maiden A–Z" podcast, British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley, who fronted IRON MAIDEN more than 20 years ago, was asked if he has any plans to write an autobiography. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "No. My old drummer [Lawrence Paterson], he has written an autobiography, which is about ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the fourth album from TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON, "The Enigma Birth", on June 18. Again featuring a slew of talented guest vocalists, the album sees the Finnish guitar maestro's skills on display once again. Today, the first single from the album, "Master Of Hell", featuring up-and-coming Brazilian vocalist Raphael Mendes (ICON ...
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Due to the ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that local authorities will be able to provide a safe environment in which their European fans can thoroughly enjoy shows by September of this year, EVANESCENCE and WITHIN TEMPTATION have unfortunately had to make the decision to push back their highly anticipated ...
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Ex-GREAT WHITE singer Terry Ilous says that he was "completely taken by surprise" by his dismissal from the band. Ilous, formerly of '80s L.A. hard rockers XYZ, joined GREAT WHITE in 2010 after replacing touring vocalist Jani Lane (WARRANT). The Ilous-led GREAT WHITE released two albums, 2012's "Elation" and 2017's "Full Circle", before Terry was ...
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National non-profit Little Kids Rock will feature a diverse, multi-genre lineup of singers, songwriters and musical talent for their annual benefit that celebrates the transformational power of music education on Wednesday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET followed by an afterparty ("doors" open at 7:00 p.m. ET). Presented by Hot Topic Foundation, the event will ...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE is the biggest band in the history of death metal. It's ultimately a subjective argument as to whether or not they're the best death metal band ever, but that's indisputably a valid contention. The band has made waves within the world of heavy metal and well beyond. They've been on the brunt-end of ...
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French progressive metallers GOJIRA have unleashed a new track titled "Into The Storm". It stands out as the fourth song shared from their widely anticipated new album, "Fortitude", which will be released April 30 via Roadrunner Records. "Into The Storm" is available today on all streaming platforms and is accompanied by a visual. Vocalist/guitarist Joseph ...
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Brian Johnson, AC/DC's legendary frontman, will publish his long-awaited autobiography, "The Lives Of Brian", on October 26. The book will be published in the U.K. by Penguin Michael Joseph, a division of Penguin Random House, by publishing director Rowland White. It will be published simultaneously in the U.S. by Dey Street Books, an imprint of ...
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The year is 1967. Heinz Beanz launches its famous "Beanz Meanz Heinz" advertising slogan, since voted the U.K.'s favorite of all time. This same year, THE WHO release their third album, "The Who Sell Out", with the now-iconic sleeve featuring Roger Daltrey sitting in a bath full of Heinz Beanz and featuring "Heinz Baked Beans" ...
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DailyBOOM Media has released "Let The Music Play", a documentary on COVID-19's brutal impact on the music industry, via YouTube (a mid-April release on Amazon Prime is also slated). This feature-length film was written by executive producer Cate Meighan, with Emmy Award-winning video-editor and co-producer Heather Dauterive, and an original score by award-winning multi-instrumentalist Jack ...
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES have released the official music video for their new song "Fields Of Bone". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Phantom Tomorrow", which is due on June 4 via Sumerian Records. The cover artwork for "The Phantom Tomorrow" was created by Eliran Kantor, known for his work with TESTAMENT, ...
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PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveXLive Media, announced today that it will launch "The Kelly Osbourne And Jeff Beacher Show", an exciting new podcast and vodcast from pop culture icon Kelly Osbourne and legendary Hollywood and Vegas showman Jeff Beacher. Set to debut on May 4, the weekly podcast will resemble ...
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Janet Gardner has opened up to "Waste Some Time With Jason Green" about her departure from VIXEN. The singer, who released her debut self-titled solo album in 2017, broke the news of her exit in a social post in January 2019. Elaborating on her reasons for leaving the band, Janet said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): ...
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES have released a teaser for the music video for their new song "Fields Of Bone". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Phantom Tomorrow", which is due later this year via Sumerian Records. The full "Fields Of Bone" clip will make its online debut on Friday, April 9. BLACK ...
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A startling 21 years have passed since Blaze Bayley released his first solo record, "Silicon Messiah". Perhaps more importantly, it is 13 years since the former IRON MAIDEN and intermittent WOLFSBANE frontman released "The Man Who Would Not Die"; notably, the first to bear his full name, but also a record that loudly rewrote Blaze's ...
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Brazilian/Dutch death metal band CRYPTA will release its debut album, "Echoes Of The Soul", on June 11 via Napalm Records. Formed in June 2019, the four-piece consists of vocalist and bassist Fernanda Lira and Luana Dametto on drums (both former members of Brazilian thrash metallers NERVOSA), plus supremely talented guitarists Sonia Anubis (COBRA SPELL, ex-BURNING ...
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In a new interview with NME, SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian, who was publicly critical of the Donald Trump administration, was asked if he is feeling "hopeful" about the Joe Biden presidency. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think the word is 'relief' more than 'hopeful.' With Trump gone and Biden in, ...
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Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will release no less than seven new studio albums in October. The LPs will mark the first new music from LORDI since the arrival of 2020's "Killection", a fictional compilation album which contained songs that LORDI would have written had the band existed between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s. ...
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In a new interview with Sweden's RockSverige, GOJIRA frontman Joseph Duplantier was asked which other musician influenced him and made him want to become a guitar player when he was growing up. He responded: "James Hetfield. I know, it's surprising. [Laughs] No, it's not surprising, because I've been talking about him. ...
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An outtake from the "Flying V" documentary in which JUDAS PRIEST touring guitarist Andy Sneap talks about his early interest in the Flying V guitar can be seen below. According to Sneap, he first became fascinated by the Flying V guitar after seeing ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann holding a Flying V on the cover of ...
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CHEVELLE drummer Sam Loeffler has clarified his brother's recent comment that the band hasn't made any money from record sales despite the fact that CHEVELLE sold six million albums for Epic Records. Speaking to Two Doods Reviews, Sam said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We didn't say how much money we've made ...
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In a new interview with George Dionne of Metal Express Radio, former IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley spoke about how he has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The first part of the lockdown, that was a challenge, because gigs were getting postponed and disappearing, ...
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George Lynch says that he has come up with a possible new name for his "touring entity" after deciding to retire the LYNCH MOB band name last year. Last August, Lynch announced that he was ending LYNCH MOB, apparently due to the racial insensitivity of the moniker, saying he will no longer record or perform ...
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Nugs.net, the leading music platform for live concert streams and recordings, has partnered with THE WHO, UMe and Mercury Studios, for the livestream premiere of their "Classic Albums" documentary "The Who Sell Out". THE WHO is one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century with over 100 million records sold worldwide, and ...
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In a recent interview with Uncle Steve's Iron Maiden Zone, former IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley was asked if he would ever consider touring with the band again if he was approached about it. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, the first is they have to ask. But it's a thing that I think ...
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Veteran Arizona thrashers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will release their new album, "Blood In The Water", on June 4 via AFM Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Blood In The Water 02. Burn The Sky 03. Brace For Impact 04. A Place To Die 05. The Walls 06. Cry For The ...
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A hearing on a motion to review a pre-trial detention order for ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer in connection with the siege on the U.S. Capitol will be held on Tuesday, April 6 at 12:30 p.m. via videoconference before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. Earlier today (Wednesday, March 31), Howell signed an order "directing the ...
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PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix spoke to Pablo of the Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station 93X about the band's upcoming follow-up to 2019's "Who Do You Trust?" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We locked ourselves up for a month down in Temecula, California. It's past L.A., kind of in the high desert. We got ...
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In the latest issue of Rock Candy magazine, editor Howard Johnson interviews the man who almost replaced legendary AC/DC frontman Bon Scott after the singer's untimely death in 1980. Steve Burton was an unknown vocalist in Birmingham, England, earning a living working as a roadie for a number of bands, including JUDAS PRIEST. Two roadie ...
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Maryland rockers CLUTCH have announced the "Clutch Collector's Series", limited-edition vinyl reissues of initially four catalog albums on their own label Weathermaker Music. "Blast Tyrant" is the first release in the series and is curated by drummer Jean-Paul Gaster. "I worked with the album's original artist Chon Hernandez to create a new look and feel ...
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